For those of you who have 143 pounds of walnuts (okay, maybe not that many!) or a nut lover on your holiday gift list, may we suggest one of these stylish European nutcrackers?

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1Nusskubus Nutcracker designed by Adam+Harborth Design for Siebensachen (Germany), €21.50 at Connox2Drosselmeyer Nutcracker designed by Joakim Norin and Erik von Schoultz for Drosselmeyer Design Group (Sweden), $37.41 at Scandinavian Design Center3Nutcracker designed by Bruno Christensen for Menu (Denmark), $56 at Unica Home4Spider Nutcracker designed by Sam Yue for Philippi (Germany), €29.50 at Connox5Nutcracker designed by Bennie Pedersen for Nuance (Denmark), $35.95 at George Watts & Son

Has anyone actually used one of these? Did it work as well as we would hope?

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Emily Han (formerly Emily Ho) is a writer, recipe developer and educator on topics such as food preservation, wild food and herbalism. She is author of Wild Drinks and Cocktails (Fall 2015), co-founder of Food Swap Network and creator of Miss Chiffonade